Sleuth (play)
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Sleuth is a 1970 play written by Anthony Shaffer. The Broadway production received the Tony Award for Best Play, and Anthony Quayle and Keith Baxter received the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance. The play was adapted for feature films in 1972, 2007 and 2014.
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Paul Rogers and Keith Baxter in the Broadway production of Sleuth (1971)
Anthony Shaffer (writer)
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Anthony Joshua Shaffer was an English playwright, screenwriter, novelist, barrister, and advertising executive. He is best remembered for his Tony Award winning play Sleuth, and its acclaimed 1972 film adaptation.
Grave of Anthony Shaffer in the east side of Highgate Cemetery